Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has congratulated Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, the Governor-elect of Abia State over his Victor at the poll.
The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti declared Otti the winner on Wednesday evening at the resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Umuahia, the Abia State capital over 48 hours after INEC suspended the exercise in the South-East state.
He triumphed over his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP).
Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe scored 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972.
Obi in a message on his twitter page while expressing happiness that the will of the people prevailed, prayed to God to guide the Governor-elect.
“A while ago, I spoke with my brother, Dr. Alex Otti @alexottiofr, the Governor-elect of Abia State and heartily congratulated him on his election. I am gratified that the will and wish freely expressed by the Abia electorates have been respected.
“I pray for God’s guidance and protection for the incoming Governor of God’s Own State.”
